Posted by
InchDeep on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:40:13 PM
Let see, in Britain you can be arrested and tried for supposed war crimes that happened in countries, other that one you got arrested in. Oh and did I mention these crimes don't have to be perpetrated against people who are citizens of the country you are being arrested in. Convoluted you bet. Here is the the way terrorist sympathizers in England are taking revenge on Israeli officials. Legal terrorism. Just a little taste of what a world court would be like. Just think next time a US soldier lands in the UK, or some other country that has this type of a law, and gets arrested for his or her heroic service in Iraq or Afghanistan. World court her we come. Don't think it could happen
read this, or this.
A key paragraph.
Using a loophole in Britain's Universal Jurisdiction
Legislation, Palestinian campaigners can file private criminal
complaints of "war crimes" against military personnel, even if the
military personnel are citizens of other countries and the alleged
crimes were not committed on British soil. London law firm Hickman and
Rose, led by Israeli-born lawyer Daniel Machover, have successfully
been able to exploit the law.
Read more.